Hypertext Webster Gateway: "viaticum"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Viaticum \Vi*at"i*cum\, n. [L., from viaticus, a. See {Viatic}.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) An allowance for traveling expenses made to
those who were sent into the provinces to exercise any
office or perform any service.
2. Provisions for a journey. --Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).
3. (R. C. Ch.) The communion, or eucharist, when given to
persons in danger of death.
Additional Hypertext Webster Gateway Lookup
Gateway by dict@stokkie.net
stock only wrote the gateway and does not have any control over the contents;
see the Webster Gateway FAQ,
and also the Back-end/database links and credits.